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Prioleau Alexander: Snowflake Coping: Milk, Cookies, Coloring And Legos
When the going gets “tough…”
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I think you meant eighty years ago, rather than fifty, for the Normandy invasion.
I believe you are right.
If I had been a student there, I would have gone to the cocoa session and the milk and cookies session, at least. Tasty treats and the entertainment of watching snowflakes melt would be pretty fun.
In June of 1918, United States Marines engaged German soldiers at Belleau Wood, France. The 26-day battle ended with men fighting with knives and entrenching tools, literally hacking each other to death. Surviving German soldiers likened the encounter to fighting “Hounds from Hell,” which is the source of the Corps’ beloved nickname, “Devil Dogs.”
In September of 2020, the President of the United States canceled a scheduled visit to Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, near Paris. It was raining that day and he did not want to go. He told his staff that the marines buried there were suckers for getting killed and asked “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.”
The only snowflakes here are the cowards who refuse to defend the honor of the 1800-plus Marines who gave their lives at the battle of Belleau Wood and are buried in Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. The same cowards who refuse to call out the most disgraceful statement possible from a man not fit to polish the boots of those heroes who have died in the defense of our nation. The same cowards who have the gall to use the story of the heroes of Belleau Wood in support of a man who ran from service when called, who besmirched the honor of those who did not, and who belittled their sacrifice.
To those Marines who died in Belleau Wood, Semper Fi. May your legend live forever in the hearts of loyal Americans, and may cowards die in infamy.
Is that snowflake enough for you?